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Everything Wrong With H5!

posted 4 years ago by CodyXBrenda (332)
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* Jamie is mute, until the third act, also what was up with that psychic connection between her and Michael, it added nothing to the story

* The clown cops and that awful cartoony music felt way out of place

* Dr. Loomis was a real ass to Jamie, at least he was a lot better in H6, seeing how that was his final film in the original series

* Killing off Rachel within 10 minutes

* The Myers House is not supposed to be a freaking mansion!

* The Man in Black, not being explained until the next film

* The film tried to be more like a Friday the 13th film, than a Halloween one

* The kill were really weak and speaking of Friday the 13th, even the teens looked like they were ripped right out of one of those films

* The ending is very mean spirited, although it's a horror movie, so that's at least acceptable and there's nothing wrong with a dark ending, it's just how it abruptly ended on a cliffhanger, without a good enough execution

* TINA!!

Why people say H6 is worse, I'll never understand. At least that one had a "so bad its good" feel to it.

[–] ODB82 (2055) 4 years ago

Michael Myers crying.

Michael jangling his chains whilst sitting in his prison cell.

[–] MinorityRules15 (963) 3 years ago

There is nothing wrong with Halloween 5. Tina was hot. Loomis is batshit insane. Barn scene is cool. But then again, I always had a soft spot for the barn from Friday the 13th Part 3, too. I also like Friday the 13th Part 5's barn scene, too. Guess I like barn scenes. Strange.
I am convinced that disliking this movie is equivalent to hating America.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

I don't agree with you but I'm glad you liked the movie.

[–] CodyXBrenda (332) 3 years ago

Yeah, H5 wasn't that good and is what caused the franchise to derail until H2018.

[–] MinorityRules15 (963) 3 years ago

Franchise already derailed when Part 4 was released upon this Earth. Might as well just go with it.

[–] CodyXBrenda (332) 3 years ago

H5 started the downfall of the franchise and this lasted for exactly 20 years (1989-2009) from Halloween 5 to Rob Zombie's Halloween II. H20 was the only "normal" Halloween movie released between those years.

If anything, they should've just stuck with the anthology idea from Halloween III, which was a way better movie than most of the actual Halloween films featuring Michael Myers, made onwards from 1988.

[–] TMC-4 (20149) 2 years ago

Here's a Reddit thread that outlines a full rewrite of Halloween 5:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AjVlKNIOSbuwJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FHalloweenmovies%2Fcomments%2Fqbis2p%2Fi_outlined_a_rewrite_of_halloween_5%2F&cd=24&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[–] Sandman81 (1509) 2 years ago

I agree with the title of this thread. Everything is wrong with Halloween 5.

[–] SoCrates (874) 2 years ago

Watch "Halloween Ends" and you'll gain a new appreciation for part 5 and some of the others.

[–] CodyXBrenda (332) 2 years ago

No way, even Halloween 6 and Resurrection were both way better than 5! The only good thing about 5, was the laundry chute scene.

[–] SoCrates (874) 2 years ago

Don't get me wrong, H5 is flaming garbage, but at least it's still about the characters from Halloween 4. The idiot director didn't decide to make a Twilight-esque love story instead of continuing the story that was already setup.

[–] Snoopy828 (581) a year ago

The film tried to be more like a Friday the 13th film, than a Halloween one

* The kill were really weak and speaking of Friday the 13th, even the teens looked like they were ripped right out of one of those film
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^^Halloween II was the entry trying to be a F13th film

[–] DoctorThirteen (13995) 6 months ago

* Jamie is mute, until the third act, also what was up with that psychic connection between her and Michael, it added nothing to the story

* The clown cops and that awful cartoony music felt way out of place

* Dr. Loomis was a real ass to Jamie, at least he was a lot better in H6, seeing how that was his final film in the original series

* Killing off Rachel within 10 minutes

* The Myers House is not supposed to be a freaking mansion!

* The Man in Black, not being explained until the next film

* The film tried to be more like a Friday the 13th film, than a Halloween one

* The kill were really weak and speaking of Friday the 13th, even the teens looked like they were ripped right out of one of those films

* The ending is very mean spirited, although it's a horror movie, so that's at least acceptable and there's nothing wrong with a dark ending, it's just how it abruptly ended on a cliffhanger, without a good enough execution

* TINA!!

Having rewatched this tonight for the first time in a long time, I agree with the ones I've bolded. The rest was okay (just okay). It's a 5/10 film for me.